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Long Beach State University Athletics
Tennis wraps up fall season at ITA Regionals
10/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 20, 2011
Long Beach, Calif. - Long Beach State women's tennis finishes up the fall season, as the 49ers travel to San Diego to play in the ITA Regionals. The tournament will feature 15 teams, and seven 49ers will be competing.
The top-rated player for the 49ers in the tournament is senior Anais Dallara, who will start singles as the No. 11 seed and receiving a first-round bye. Also getting byes will be senior Rachel Manasse and junior Sarah Cantlay, while Julie Luzar and the two 49er newcomers Laura Bernard and Karolina Rozenberg will each start off Thursday morning in the Round of 128. Bernard will face UCLA's Morgan Thomas and Luzar will play Maja Sujica of San Diego, while Rozenberg draws a Big West opponent in Sabrina Man-Son-Hing of CS Northridge. Junior Anna Jeczmionka will only play singles for the 49ers, starting off with a matchup with Nigora Sirojiddinova of CS Northridge in the Round of 128.
In doubles, the 49ers have one pair that will receive a first-round bye, as Bernard and Manasse return as partners after their run to the finals in the Fullerton Invitational. However, despite the first-round respite, the tandem will face a tough Round of 32 opponent, taking on the top seed in #14 Issara/Granillo from Pepperdine.
In Long Beach State's other doubles openers, Cantlay and Luzar will play Miya Jin and Tory Parravi of LMU, while Dallara and Rozenberg will play together for the first time, facing off with Joanna and Nicole Smith of Arizona State.
The tournament features six schools from the Big West, three from the WCC, four from the Pac-12 as well as Hawaii and the host San Diego State Aztecs. Play will continue through Monday, October 24.
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